Sierra Leonehttp://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk/taxonomy/term/192/all
enEstimating the Economic Cost of Ebolahttp://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk/estimating-economic-cost-ebola
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Recent news of declining numbers of new Ebola cases in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone suggest encouraging progress toward ending the epidemic. The human cost has been tragic and until we reach zero cases the threat to human lives remains the main risk and so the public health response must remain our focus. Yet, as Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone glimpse – we hope – light at the end of the tunnel, thoughts also need to turn to their needs for reconstruction and development.<br /><br /></div></div></div>Mon, 02 Feb 2015 21:34:00 +0000Mark Roland Thomas1271 at http://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalkLaw and Development from the Ground Up: Bridging Health Care by the Sewa Riverhttp://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk/law-and-development-from-the-ground-up-bridging-health-care-by-the-sewa-river
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><P>In Sierra Leone's rainy season, the Sewa River, feared by many locals for its powerful currents, floods over its banks separating entire villages from basic services.&nbsp; Konta health clinic in Kenema district operates near the shores of the Sewa, and during the six-month rainy season, five of Konta’s 17 dependent villages cannot access the clinic.&nbsp; If women in those villages give birth during the rains, they entrust care to traditional birth attendants; if children fall ill, they turn to traditional medicine, stockpiled drugs, and, often, prayer.&nbsp; As one woman explained during a recent community meeting in Konta, these are the only options, even if the all-too-frequent consequence is death.&nbsp; Hearing her account, it’s difficult not to feel a strong sense of injustice, even in an incredibly resource-constrained country like Sierra Leone.&nbsp; But is there a role for the law in remedying this situation?</div></div></div>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:24:26 +0000Margaux Hall883 at http://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk